Metalstorm the destruction of jared syn movie#

Water to short-out the creature and it vanishes.ĭogen arrives in Zhor and finds Rhodes (Tim Thomerson), a washed-up Dhyana simultaneously faces Syn in his lair. Dogen awakes, but Dhyana is suddenly teleportedĪway and a summoned monster appears in her place and fires electricīolts at him. SynĪttempts, but fails, to pull Dogen away from Dhyana: their will is too Dhyana drives them off, and cares forĭogen, who in the dream world finds Syn and Baal looming over him. Vehicles driven by nomads commanded by Baal, who sprays Dogen with the

On the way Dogen and Dhyana are blocked by an attacking group of Zax affirms thisĪnd directs Dogen to find a prospector named Rhodes in the nearby mining Dhyana tells them about theĪncient Cyclopians who once used such devices and says the only powerĪgainst it is a magic mask located in their lost city. Identifies it as a lifeforce storage device. Baal sprayed the man with a green liquid that caused a nightmareĭream-state, in which Syn appeared and executed him with a crystal.ĭogen convinces Dhyana that it's his mission to find Syn and she joinsĭhyana takes Dogen to Zax (Marty Zagon) who tests the crystal and Young daughter Dhyana (Kelly Preston) saw him killed by Baal (R. Dogen next finds a murdered prospector, whose Opens with Dogen attacked by a 'skybike' (a one-man, open-cockpit flying Which looks like a road-warrioresque SUV. Lemuria's wastelands for Syn's camp, traveling in an armored vehicle Syn equips his nomads with strange redĬrystals that drain the life out of touched victims. Syn has instigated this crusade,īut Dogen knows that Syn's plan is really to enslave them all and seeks The territorial nomads have begun a holy war to drive the human minersįrom their lands. 'One Eyes' – so named because they symbolically gouge out one of theirĮyes – who are descendants of a vanished culture called the Cyclopians. Posed as the leader of a strange group of nomadic humanoids called the Which seem to be the basis for their technology and economy. Population lives in scattered mining towns, gathering valuable crystals Individual to a desert planet called Lemuria. Powers named Jared-Syn (played by Michael Preston). Jeffrey Byron), who is in search of an intergalactic criminal with supernatural

Metalstorm the destruction of jared syn movie#

The movie portrays the story of a space ranger named Dogen (played by The story is a space-age western which combines themes of esoteric sorcery and high technology. It was directed and produced by Charles Band who is possibly better known for his other, rather low-budget science fiction and horror films such as the Puppet Master and Trancers series.

Sand worms! Guess they have Tremors on this planet too.Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn is a 1983 cult science fiction film starring Jeffrey Byron, Michael Preston, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston and Richard Moll.

Lot of people shooting guns out of hands in this movie.

And now we’re having a funeral for a crystal.

Um, did they kill that guy with acid or crystals or what just happened there?.

That sounds like something the ’80s would have no shame in doing. Maybe it just sounded cool to the writers and was slapped on the script before a plot was even formulated. I guess the soundtrack is all right? And it’s a short watch? If I’m going to be thoroughly underwhelmed, I’d rather do it in less than an hour-and-a-half.īy the end of this, I’m still just as clueless what the title Metalstorm means. The story is a bare-bones meandering quest to Find A Guy, the future-tech is not much more than a few laser guns and one flying bike, and the desert backdrop gets really old by minute four. I hate to report that there’s not much here to get a scifi geek excited. Jared-Syn boasts a lumpy costume, the ability to suck life force into crystals, and a son who’s got a robotic arm that shoots paralyzing poison. Dogun gets a generally useless girl, a grizzled treasure hunter sidekick, and a van that’s so flimsy that you can see the paint flaking off the cardboard sides.

This all takes place in the California desert, which I guess is a stand-in for a barbaric world. Dogan, a genial if bland Ranger, is hunting down an intergalactic criminal named Jared-Syn who’s riled up a bunch of bad guys. While nominally a scifi movie, set on another planet and all, Metalstorm is much more like Mad Max in tone and Spacehunter in execution. Yet it’s also so weird that I had to see it. It’s a cumbersome name that doesn’t bode well for the storytelling skill of the filmmakers. It can also completely puzzle you, especially if your movie is cryptically called Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn. It can inform, intrigue, excite, or remind.

Justin’s review: A movie title is a versatile marketing tool, if you think about it. Justin’s rating: When will I get my cyborg arm?